Life-boat.



M. PANGHULA.

LIFE BOAT. I

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26, 1914.

-. Patented Apr. 21, 191i 9 yWM COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH c0. WASHINGTON. n, C

MIKLOS PANCI-IULA, OF DIXONVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

LIFE-BOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Apr. 21, 1914.

Application filed January 26, 1914. Serial No. 814,348.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIKLOS PANOI-IULA, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at DiXonville, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Life-Boats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in life boats, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the life boat is rendered more buoyant and more readily capable of sustaining a heavy load without sinking, the aforesaid means also acting as stabilizers to prevent capsizing of the boat.

Briefly described, the invention comprises in connection with a boat of any desired form, the attaching thereto on the sides and at the ends of inflatable members so positioned on the boat as to be substantially on top of the water when the boat is free from load so that as the load in the boat increases, said devices become active as additional supports for sustaining the weight of such load.

The invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and then claimed, and in describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and wherein like numerals of reference will be employed to indicate like parts throughout the different views, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a boat constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, and, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the inflatable members detached from the boat.

In the drawings, 5 indicates the boat.

My invention may be applied to a boat of any type desired, and as many of the hereinafter described load sustaining members may be utilized as desired. The loadsustaining members each comprise an inflatable hollow sphere or ball 6 which is carried on an angular bracket, the longer arm 7 of which has at its free end a base plate 8 that is adapted to be suitably secured to the outer face of the boat, the shorter arm 9 of which bracket is hollow, and has an inflating valve 10, theinflatable member 6 being carried by said hollow shorter arm 9 of the bracket. As many of these load-sustaining members may be applied to the boat as desired. In the present instance, I have shown two of the same applied to each side of the boat, and one at each end of the boat, which under ordinary conditions will be suflicient for a relatively small sized boat. In practice, the arm 7 of the bracket is of sufficient length so that the hollow air-filled members 6 will lie a considerable distance away from the boat, and in addition to their function of serving as load-sustaining means, will also act as stabilizers to maintain the equilibrium of the boat when the latter tends to rock.

In the practice of the invention, slight changes may be made in the details of construction of the load-sustaining means without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A stabilizer and load-sustaining means for life boats comprising an angle bracket to be secured to the outer face of the boat, the shorter arm of said bracket being hollow and provided with an inflating valve, and an inflatable member carried by said hollow arm.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MIKLOS PANCHULA.

Witnesses:

MIKE BUDINsKY, PAUL PANOHULA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G." 

